What If?2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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Unfortunately, comets would affect the Earth's temperature in another way. In addition to dust and water, they contain a small amount of CO 2, which would be released into the atmosphere as the comet melted. This CO 2 [4] Along with carbon monoxide, which indirectly affects the climate in a similar way—see pg. 718-719 of the IPCC WG1 AR5 report for more. would change Earth's radiation balance, trapping heat near the surface and raising the planet's temperature. After a few years, the comet's greenhouse effect would have trapped more heat than the ice absorbed, and over the decades to follow, the extra heat would keep piling up. These do not look like the kinds of questions you had to work on to learn about physics, chemistry, engineering, and the like when you were in school having to do that. Which is unfortunate, really, because it would have been a lot more interesting. But, because it is more important to our society that school be safe [read: boring] than that it be educational, you did not get to read about how to use science to answer these kinds of questions. Or, other questions like:

a b "What if? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions". xkcd.com . Retrieved 2022-09-26. The CO 2 released from the comet would raise the temperature of the Earth for centuries. It wouldn't just cancel out the cooling effect of the ice—over time, the comet's greenhouse effect would deliver as much heat as if you'd just let it slam into the planet and vaporize. [5] Although letting a comet slowly decay on the surface would definitely be preferable to a high-speed impact, as any dinosaur from the end of the Cretaceous can tell you.star for my favorite question in the book, the one about calling random people on the telephone and saying "God Bless You," hoping to get someone who's just sneezed

Okay, so we just need thousands of comets, right? Each one will cool the air a little bit. With a large enough supply of comets, we can keep the Earth nice and cool, as long as we make sure they're lowered slowly.

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Munroe announced in March, 2014 that he had signed a deal with publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to compile a large number of his What If? entries into a book. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions would eventually be released in September that year. [9]

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions is a 2014 non-fiction book by Randall Munroe in which the author answers hypothetical science questions sent to him by readers of his webcomic, xkcd. The book contains a selection [Note 1] of questions and answers originally published on his blog What If?, along with several new ones. [1] The book is divided into several dozen chapters, most of which are devoted to answering a unique question. [Note 2] What If? was released on September 2, 2014 and was received positively by critics. A sequel to the book, titled What If? 2, was released on September 13, 2022. [6] Conception of the blog [ edit ] The explosion would be just the right size to maximize the amount of paperwork your lab would face. If the explosion were smaller, you could potentially cover it up. If it were larger, there would be no one left in the city to submit paperwork to. What If? includes old favorites, new inquiries and the mix of expert research and accessible wit that has made Munroe a favorite among both geeks and laymen.' - Time Q. What would happen if you were to gather a mole (unit of measurement) of moles (the small furry critter) in one place?" For all those people still here, and who obviously know Randall's work, let's just bask in the mixture of intelligence, cleverness, hilarity and properly labelled axes. All the nerd girls want to sleep with him and all nerd boys want to sleep with him too...be him.

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And it worked. I got an early copy. And I treasured it. I petted it. It was precious to me. Precious. One item is called No More DNA. The question is, “This may be a bit gruesome, but … if someone’s DNA suddenly vanished, how long would that person last?”

Den einzigen Punktabzug gibt es leider im Bereich der Verständlichkeit. Gerade zu Beginn wirkte der Stil leider etwas holprig und sprunghaft. Manche der Fragen las ich zum Beispiel und war dann verwirrt von der Antwort, da ich etwas total anderes unter der Frage verstanden hätte als Munroe (oder der Übersetzer bzw. die Übersetzerin) wohl darunter verstanden hat. Das wurde gegen Ende des Buches aber besser. Some simple models clearly give you the only plausible answer: Netherlands will become a supraplanetary entity. To see how, you need to read for yourself. “Supposing you did drain the oceans, and dumped the water on top of the Curiosity rover, how would Mars change as the water accumulated?” Again, the answer is clear — it’s a future that will be Netherlands-shaped: Allain, Rhett (2014-12-19). "Book Review: What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions". Wired. Archived from the original on 2016-04-06. If every human somehow simply disappeared from the face of the Earth, how long would it be before the last artificial light source would go out?No, this “answer” doesn’t end at this point. There are further considerations. Do you want to proceed? Then enjoy this book (my local library has several copies!).



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